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Killing of Iraqi Militia Leader Sparks Fear of Renewed Sunni-Shiite War
By David Wood - Politics DailyIn a sign of renewed sectarian conflict, assassins burst into a home in Baghdad's western suburbs Monday morning, killing a prominent member of Sahwa, or Sons of Iraq, the largely Sunni militia financed by the United States. The killings, along with new political assassinations, raise fears that Iraq may be on the verge of a renewed war between Sunnis and Shiites. Many Sahwa members are former insurgents from Anbar Province who agreed in late 2006 to change sides and fight alongside U.S. Marines against al-Qaeda. U.S. military commanders credit them with helping quell the insurgency in ...
Iraq Election Results Challenged as Some Victors Are Linked to Saddam's Party
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe aftermath of the closely contested parliamentary election in Iraq got even more complicated Monday as a justice commission claimed six of the winners had loyalties to Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath Party. The Accountability and Justice Commission run by two Shiite Muslims wants to nullify the victories of those candidates, a move that could alter the overall outcome of the election, which gave a bloc aligned with former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi a razor-thin triumph over incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's coalition, the Washington Post reported. Here's how the dots connect: ...
Iraq Inks Deals With Cautious Oil Majors
By Joseph Schuman - AOL News(Dec. 11) -- Is Iraqi oil ready to flow again? Two deals struck Friday with foreign energy companies to develop fields in Iraq demonstrate a renewed eagerness to exploit the country's vast petroleum reserves. But they also show the hurdles still hindering Baghdad's bid to again become a major oil producer. Oil has been the main source of hope for Iraq's economic future to a succession of Iraqi leaders and their U.S. counterparts since the Bush administration ousted Saddam Hussein more than six years ago. But sanctions against the Hussein regime, along with the war itself and widespread ...
Obama's New Publicist:The White House
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyDavid Knowles reported earlier that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki endorsed Barack Obama's plans for Iraq, but he had some unexpected help in getting the message out: The White House. From ABC's Political Punch:The White House this afternoon accidentally sent to its extensive distribution list a Reuters story headlined "Iraqi PM backs Obama troop exit plan - magazine."...The White House employee had intended to send the article to an internal distribution list, ABC News' Martha Raddatz reports, but hit the wrong button.I guess if someone in the White House is going to hit the wrong ...
Basra Clashes Threaten Petraeus Report
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyPrime Minister Nouri al-Maliki issued an ultimatum to Shiite militiamen while in Basra, Iraq, today, scene of recent intense clashes between Iraqi government forces and the Iranian-backed Mahdi Army of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Maliki told the fighters to lay down their arms within 72 hours or face arrest. An aide to the Prime Minister said that any gunman refusing to heed the call for a cessation of the violence in the southern Iraq port city "will be an outlaw."The violence, which has spread to Shiite areas of Baghdad in the last two days, comes in the run up to U.S. Iraq commander Gen. ...
Rice in Baghdad, Praises Reconciliation Law
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailySecretary of State Condoleezza Rice parted company with President Bush in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and traveled to Baghdad, Iraq, for a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Rice was on hand to update Maliki on the president's Middle East trip and to congratulate the Prime Minister on the passage of a key law that the Bush Administration hopes will begin the process of political reconciliation at the national level in Iraq.Iraq's parliament passed a measure last week designed to allow former low-ranking members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party to once again hold government ...
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